Bad Manners and Brimstone

I love overnight oats!

We put them in any container that has a lid - usually a plastic tupperware. We eat them cold, i had never thought about heating them up!

Our recipe is
Half cup oats
quarter cut chia seeds
half cup yogurt
half cup milk (normally almond)
protein powder
honey/ maple syrup/

haha yes!

I loved eating boiled silverside (a cut of beef) as a kid. It boiled for hours and we would eat it every time we went to our Grandparents house, with roast veggies. My husband grew up eating it every week and then again the next day on sandwiches. He can't stand it!

Many years ago we were in the supermarket and I said 'oh how about we get a silverside?' and he said 'that's how people get divorced!'

I'll play!

I'm usually terrible at comebacks, but i was very proud of myself for this one.

I had gone into my work office with my son who had just turned one. He was crawling, not yet walking, still at the stage of putting everything in his mouth, but with more sense than a newborn. So past that stage where you think babies are trying to kill themselves by eating everything.


So baby was sitting on my lap playing with a stapler and coworker said sarcastically 'That's a safe, age-appropriate, baby toy'. So I just said

'that's because i am an excellent mother,<coworker>'

it felt so good, and i give everyone permission to steal this and use it for all situations.

Great approach Vintagegal!

You're not asking them to put pen to paper and mail you something, an email from the kids (i would assume they have their own emails) is a great solution.

Slightly off topic, but if the kids do have their own emails, why don't you send them a note? Not mentioning the thank you, but just to say hi. My auntie friended me on facebook when i was 18 or 19, (cough, a while ago now) and through chatting on social media and sending pictures, she is probably the person i am now closest to in my entire family.

Hi everyone,

I have a question which is not a huge issue, but gave me pause for thought.

I always give my co-workers Christmas cards, pretty simple, not usually a religious motif or message (and no winter scenes - as an Australian they always make me giggle).

So here is the question. One of the people who has supported me a lot over the year and who I would love to give a card to is a Muslim man. Do I give him a Christmas card? or a different card? or leave him out?

Given Covid we are not all in the workplace on the same days, so i'll probably be leaving cards on desks.

Thoughts? I'm leaning on just giving him a card that says Merry Christmas on the front and thanking him for his support and writing something like ' I hope you have a lovely summer with your family'.

Typewriters and noisy.

And heavy!

If I walked into a café and someone was clacking away on a typewriter, I would be finding another café to work in.

The response that 'everyone has airpods on' annoys me the most - that is no excuse for being needlessly noisy. And what about those that go to a café to have a conversation over a coffee?

If she doesn't like pen and paper, I would suggest a parchment and quill. The pretentiousness without the noise.

Hello - a small etiquette question for your all.

I belong to our local Buy Nothing group on Facebook, where people request and give everything and anything. When you post something, other's reply with 'please consider me' or 'I would love to be considered' and the original poster choses whoever they want, no justification expected or needed.

Anyway, someone posted a doona cover, and while I wasn't in need of a doona cover, I did quite like the fabric. So after seeing that no one had replied to the post in a couple of hours, I put my hand up.

I was successful and picked it up (all done contactless, so I didn't see the gifter). After picking it I sent a message saying I had collected it, and she wrote back saying 'sweet dreams'.

So - should I write back saying 'thanks, I made a skirt', and/or send a picture? Or should I leave it?

thoughts?

That is way to many ding dongs! (also a side note, a ding dong is a kind of a term of endearment at our place, when someone you love does something silly, they generally get called a goose or a ding dong).

On the subject of signs - we have one up that says 'No soliciting - don't ring the doorbell, don't make it weird' and it is like magic. We haven't had a single solicitor in a couple of years. And if I ever do get one, I can say 'you just made it weird' and close the door.

I would continue to ignore. No one has the right to bother you at your house to sell something!